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<p>Northwestern Students Put Positive Spin on 2012 Dance Marathon
By Judy Moore</p>

<p>EVANSTON, Ill. — The record-breaking number of nearly 1,300 undergraduate students who have registered to dance for 30 hours for two worthy causes March 2 to 4 during Northwestern University Dance Marathon (NUDM) 2012 won’t be the only ones with tender feet and bleary eyes this weekend. Alumni in another state and locally will be joining them.</p>

<p>NUDM dancing on the Evanston campus will begin at 7 p.m. Friday, March 2 and continue through 1 a.m. Sunday, March 4 at Norris University Center, 1999 Campus Drive. </p>

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<p>Now in its 38th year – and one of the largest student-run philanthropies in the world – NUDM has raised more than $12 million for more than two-dozen charities. Last year, it raised more than $1 million in cash and in-kind donations for The Children’s Heart Foundation and Evanston Community Foundation.</p>

<p>[Northwestern</a> Students Put Positive Spin on 2012 Dance Marathon : Northwestern University Newscenter](<a href=“http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2012/02/dance-marathon-2012.html]Northwestern”>http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2012/02/dance-marathon-2012.html)</p>

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<p>CONGRATULATIONS NUDM!!!</p>

<p>Northwestern University students made a record-breaking donation to the Andrew McDonough B+ Foundation after months of fundraising that culminated in a 30-hour dance marathon.</p>

<p>Student leaders revealed the $1,107,670 fundraising total at the end of the weekend-long event. Of that money, $717,770.29 was donated primarily to the B+ Foundation, which offers financial assistance to families of kids battling cancer, and helps fund research into strains of the disease that specifically affect children.</p>

<p>The remaining funds will be donated to the Evanston Community Foundation.</p>

<p>More than 900 students danced for 30 hours straight at the annual event this year, which was organized by a team of about 300 student committee members, according to a release from the group.</p>

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